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Nigerian pilgrims sit inside the Church of Nativity, revered by Christians as Jesus’ birthplace, in Bethlehem. Reuters

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Hoarfrost coats the trees on the banks of the Yenisei River outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Reuters

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Queen Elizabeth II dons studded 3D glasses to preview a recording of her Christmas greeting to the British commonwealth at Buckingham Palace. EPA

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A giant panda plays with a tire swing in the snow at Yantai Zoo in Yantai, China. ZUMA Press

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Twenty-thousand fans of the German soccer club FC Union Berlin gather at the Alte Foersterei staduim in Berlin for a two-hour Christmas sing-along. AFP/Getty Images

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A man with a horse cart slows traffic on a bridge plagued by a heavy morning fog (which also slowed air and rail traffic) in Jammu, India. AP

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A black-capped squirrel monkey unwraps a Christmas gift in its enclosure at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. AFP/Getty Images

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Three knee-boarding reindeer ride along the Potomac River at National Harbor in Maryland as part of a Water-Skiing Santa show. AFP/Getty Images

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School girls watch Indian women’s rights protesters demonstrate in New Delhi, India, where authorities began shutting down roads in an attempt to end a week of the gatherings sparked by a brutal, public gang-rape. AP

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Londoners walk past sale signs on Oxford Street as the holiday retail assault picks up on Christmas Eve in the UK. AP

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An Indonesian family evacuates a residential area of Jakarta flooded by heavy rains. AP

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